Surprisingly simple explanation for the alien comet 'Oumuamua's weird orbit

Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2023

In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed 'Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public alike. It was the first known visitor from outside our solar system, it had no bright coma or dust tail, like most comets, and a peculiar shape - something between a cigar and a pancake - and its small size more befitted an asteroid than a comet. But the fact that it was accelerating away from